Weston “Royale Avec Fromage” McKennie (65 Viewers)

[Bjerknes]

@Post Ironic Really putting your neck out here aren't you. The bottom line is that McKennie was our best performing midfielder last season. When he slowed down that was while he was playing through an injury (I think it was his hip) which is well documented. No other juve midfielder came close to putting together a stretch of form that McKennie put together. That, to anyone with half good sense, bodes pretty well for a 22 year old in his debut season, new team, new league.

As to the Vidal or Locatelli comparisons, they hardly require notice. Vidal was much more advanced in his career when he came to Juve and Locatelli's 2019/2020 season barely touches his performance last season. You might want to cut Weston a little slack before write him off just yet.

Thanks for spitting truth.

I think @Post Ironic is starting to back track on the trolling here.

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Based on what? Mood swings? Hair flow? Because it sure as hell ain't based on performances. Sure, he has innate ability and potential, but we only see that shit 5 times a season because the silky princess is too busy sulking and sucking on Mama's titties.

Rabiot had some good performances towards the end of the season, but the majority of the season was largely dross from him.

 

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[cimenk]

Who is available for 35M (considering we invest it immediately in a midfielder)?

I don't think it will be reinvested. If we sell him, i believe that it should be because financial reason. We will invest 37.5m for Locatelli and a player who still have high value in the market but replaceable would McKennie.

But if it's not because financial issue, I would prefer we can sell Berna, Ramsey, Arthur before McKennie.

 

[Post Ironic]

@Post Ironic Really putting your neck out here aren't you. The bottom line is that McKennie was our best performing midfielder last season. When he slowed down that was while he was playing through an injury (I think it was his hip) which is well documented. No other juve midfielder came close to putting together a stretch of form that McKennie put together. That, to anyone with half good sense, bodes pretty well for a 22 year old in his debut season, new team, new league.

As to the Vidal or Locatelli comparisons, they hardly require notice. Vidal was much more advanced in his career when he came to Juve and Locatelli's 2019/2020 season barely touches his performance last season. You might want to cut Weston a little slack before write him off just yet.

Best? Good trolling.

As I said, don’t want to sell him, he has some good upside, but this overrating

 

[U Picciriddu]

In my opinion, McKennie is one of the most interesting profiles in our midfield. I think that he has a lot of potential. I disagree with some here who think that Rabiot is currently our best midfielder. Rabiot’s mentality is to weak, tends to fade away to often.

McKennie has all the attributes to become a good box to box midfielder. Need some guidance on the tactical aspect and his passing needs to improve but nothing shocking. I think that he had a positive season last year even if we had many tactical difficulties. He has the potential to start imo.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Bentancur, McKennie and Locatelli become our most used midfielders.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

Tbh there's no need to overrate or underrate the kid. We can't really base his performances under a clueless Pirlo.

But IMO he showed enough fight/determination for a chance to play under a proper experienced coach with actual instructions.

I'll hold my judgements until then.

 

[ALC]

Best? Good trolling.

As I said, don’t want to sell him, he has some good upside, but this overrating

who was our best midfielder last season then?

 

[Post Ironic]

Tbh there's no need to overrate or underrate the kid. We can't really base his performances under a clueless Pirlo.

But IMO he showed enough fight/determination for a chance to play under a proper experienced coach with actual instructions.

I'll hold my judgements until then.

What I’ve been saying when not trolling the ‘muricans. Don’t sell him, he has raw talent and good upside, but we only saw little flashes of a CL level starting mid last year. Needs to show that consistently before I’m going to be excited about the idea of this wand-waver being a starting mid for us.

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who was our best midfielder last season then?

Considering half the arguments defending Mckennie are that Pirlo played him out of position as a wide mid/wing player not sure how those same people can say he was our best mid when they say he wasn’t even playing in the mid.

To be honest, I don’t think we had any midfielder last year performing at a level worth being labelled “best” anything. Mckennie and Rabiot each had a couple month period of good form, Arthur had a 1 month period, and Ramsey and Bentancur were just shit all season. I’d say Rabiot and Mckennie were our least shit CMs last year.

 

[Enron]

Villa bout to come with that Graelish money.

 

[Siamak]

keep him, he really showing impact since he joined this club.

 

[Alen]

Why are you all so sure that if we sell McKennie, or another midfielder, there will be a replacement? We added Locatelli to last year's midfield, and it looks like Allegri added Bernardeschi too among the midfielders. That's twp players more compared to Pirlo's midfield. It won't shock me if we simply sell Ramsey, McKennie, Bentancur, even Rabiot (probably not Arthur) without buying a replacement.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Yea I think the same. If we sell a CM, and sign a replacement, it will be either a LB or a CB depending upon back 3 or back 4 formation.

Don't have enough CBs for back three and Sandro/ Pellegrini is awful for LB

 

[Knowah]

Why are you all so sure that if we sell McKennie, or another midfielder, there will be a replacement? We added Locatelli to last year's midfield, and it looks like Allegri added Bernardeschi too among the midfielders. That's twp players more compared to Pirlo's midfield. It won't shock me if we simply sell Ramsey, McKennie, Bentancur, even Rabiot (probably not Arthur) without buying a replacement.

Agree.

Our midfield was stacked before Locatelli. And we need to make sales. Rabiot would be the last to be sold I would hope. Bentancur would be difficult to sell because of the sell-on clause, we wouldn't make any money but reduce wages. McKennie makes a lot of sense. Sell high, his wages are insanely cheap so that sucks, but get some value out of his performance.

 

[duranfj]

I don't have any problem with selling Mckennie, however I'd sell all the others MF before him

 

[ilmetronome]

Dont know the first but I`d keep McK over these two.

Van de beek style of play is what this 433's allegri need. An attacking mobile mezzalla who excel not only in offensive phase but also good in defensive phase too. he can link up the play in final third and has tenacity when loosing the ball. it's important because we have cristiano in left side too cover. Last two fiendly we play berna and kulu there but they lack something. Berna has tenacity when loosing the ball but hopeless in attacking, while kulu otherwise.
VDB and mckennie has pretty similar style of play but i think VDB a level above. it's similar style of play of barella too but impossible to get him now. Ramsey too but he is made of glass.

 

[Orgut]

Van de beek style of play is what this 433's allegri need. An attacking mobile mezzalla who excel not only in offensive phase but also good in defensive phase too. he can link up the play in final third and has tenacity when loosing the ball. it's important because we have cristiano in left side too cover. Last two fiendly we play berna and kulu there but they lack something. Berna has tenacity when loosing the ball but hopeless in attacking, while kulu otherwise.
VDB and mckennie has pretty similar style of play but i think VDB a level above. it's similar style of play of barella too but impossible to get him now. Ramsey too but he is made of glass.

VDB is ok but I see nothing special in him.
McK has an interesting profile and I rate him more than VDB.

Im ok with selling McK to get a really strong player (considering selling him is a must). I see no point of "sacrificing" him for VDB.

 

[U Picciriddu]

Van de beek style of play is what this 433's allegri need. An attacking mobile mezzalla who excel not only in offensive phase but also good in defensive phase too. he can link up the play in final third and has tenacity when loosing the ball. it's important because we have cristiano in left side too cover. Last two fiendly we play berna and kulu there but they lack something. Berna has tenacity when loosing the ball but hopeless in attacking, while kulu otherwise.
VDB and mckennie has pretty similar style of play but i think VDB a level above. it's similar style of play of barella too but impossible to get him now. Ramsey too but he is made of glass.

VDB is a bit overhyped.

 

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[IlCapitano]

No thanks. Keep Weston, give him a chance under a competent manager. We need a mid capable of scoring goals, Ndombele isn't that.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Fuck off Fabio

 

[IlCapitano]

I he wants to swap him for Arthur I'm all for it. We'll even throw in Ramsey as bonus.